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What's inside Trump's $1.5T Pentagon blueprint
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The Trump administration is seeking $1.5 trillion for defense in fiscal 2027 — an eye-popping amount that bets on hundreds of billions of dollars in reconciliation.
Key facts
- The Trump administration is seeking $1.5 trillion for defense in fiscal 2027 — an eye-popping amount that bets on hundreds of billions of dollars in reconciliation
- The overall budget includes a 10% cut to non-defense discretionary spending, amounting to $73 billion. (Axios' Neil Irwin aptly described it as "all guns, no butter
- Some thought President Trump was being hyperbolic when he floated the number earlier this year
- What they're saying: "Every single piece of this budget is going to require increased capacity on the industrial side, and that's going to be things way beyond weapon systems," Drew Wandzilak
Summary
Some thought President Trump was being hyperbolic when he floated the number earlier this year. The budget proposal brags about the figure exceeding "even the Reagan buildup by approaching the historic increases before World War II." The services breakdown: $150 billion for the Department of the Navy; $101 billion for the Department of the Air Force; $60.5 billion for the Army. The Golden Fleet fiat: Nearly $66 billion for shipbuilding, including 18 battle force ships and 16 non-battle force ships. The latter is based on HII's National Security Cutter.